Urban manufacturing has an image problem. As Foundries of the Future explains, many ask themselves: “Why would any city want dirty factories,
London launched its Circular Economy Roadmap in 2017, Rotterdam created a Circular Economy Strategy, and Brussels is implementing a regional plan to
“Cities are accumulators of vast amounts of resources and producers of high volumes of waste,” states Foundries of the Future. The economics
The Curator in Context Individual cities develop unique know-how and innovations, which makes them highly competitive – if nurtured! To be useful,
What Is a Curator? Foundries of the Future defines the Curator as “an actor who can broker the relationships between businesses and
What is Co-location? Cities can improve the efficiency of land use by increasing the number of similar activities (densification) or variety (intensification)
Some manufacturers produce and sell on site. Occasionally, they make from materials found on their doorstep, be it natural resources or waste
The Rise and Fall of Urban Manufacturing For as long as there have been cities, they’ve been centres of production. Starting with
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